Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce

This Instant Pot cranberry sauce is easy to make in mere minutes for your holiday dinner and will save you precious stovetop space.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 129 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 pinch salt
• 1 (12 ounce) package cranberries
• 1 piece cinnamon stick
• 2 slices of orange peel, using a peeler
• 0.5 cup orange juice
• 0.5 cup water
• 0.5 cup brown sugar
• 0.25 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.5 cup white sugar, or more as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Transfer sauce to a serving dish and top with orange peel. Serve warm or cold. Cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools.

Step 2

Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 7 minutes. Unlock and carefully remove the lid.

Step 3

Combine cranberries, orange juice, water, cinnamon stick, and vanilla extract in a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot). Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 1 minute. Allow about 10 minutes for pressure to build. As soon as the cooking cycle finishes, turn the Instant Pot off, as overcooking the cranberries will cause the skins to break.

Step 4

Turn Instant Pot back on and select Sauté function. Stir white sugar and brown sugar into cranberry mixture until sugar melts. Season with a pinch of salt. As soon as sugar has melted, turn off the Instant Pot to avoid overcooking. Taste cranberry sauce and stir in more sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, depending on how sweet you like your cranberry sauce.